Birthday Spl : Viswanathan Anand (11 December)

In a country where cricket is religion and cricketers are demi god , viswanathan anand is one who made distinct mark in world of chess

World champion who made India proud . Today as he turns 40 , we wish him a great luck. May he keep winning more and more titles.


Chess titles

* 1983 National Sub-Junior Chess Champion
* 1984 Asian Junior Champion
* 1984 International Master
* 1985 Indian National Champion
* 1987 World Junior Chess Champion
* 1988 Grandmaster
* 1990 Asian Champion
* 2000 FIDE World Chess Champion
* 2000 World Blitz Chess Champion
* 2003 FIDE World Rapid Chess Champion
* 2007 World Chess Champion (Undisputed)
* 2008 World Chess Champion (Undisputed)

Awards :

• Arjuna award for Outstanding Indian Sportsman in Chess in 1985
• Padma Shri, National Citizens Award and Soviet Land Nehru Award in 1987
• The inaugural Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, India's highest sporting honour in the year 1991–1992.
• British Chess Federation 'Book of the Year' Award in 1998 for his book My Best Games of Chess
• Padma Bhushan in 2000
• Jameo de Oro the highest honour given by the Government of Lanzarote in Spain on 25 April 2001. The award is given to illustrious personalities with extraordinary achievements.
• Chess Oscar (1997, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2007 and 2008)
• Sportstar Millennium Award in 1998, from India's premier Sports magazine for being the sportperson of the millennium
• Padma Vibhushan in 2007